Nobody wrote:
For those who think I may be too light,.........
Nice way to see the year out.
I wish you all the best for the following Nobody!
BTW, Your image link isn't working.
Regarding 'too light', my preference is to 'put it to the test' as Greger would say... in this case, functional strength and endurance test, as being too light implies one is too weak.
Some tests of 'strength' to consider, including some I've used over the years for workplace fitness, and hardening.
- lift 50% of your bodyweight from the ground to chest level 20 times in 3 minutes.
- lift 75% of your bodyweight to waist level 3 times in 1 minute.
- hand grip strength (this is a reasonable metric of all manual dexterity - twisting lids, hand tool use) males should aim for a minimum 50kg via hand dynometer. Of the thousands of tests I've supervised, the highest I've ever measured was around 75kg by a diesel mechanic, 6ft6in, >130kg, about 35yo.
- shovel dirt from a ground pile to wheel barrows for 15 minutes non stop.
- push a fully loaded wheelbarrow 50 meters over a typical construction site.
- using an axe, chop a 30cm diameter hardwood tree down in under 10 minutes.
- using an assortment of tools (crow bar, fork, shovel, pick), dig a hole 60 cm deep with big enough diameter to insert 4x4 post (in any soil )
When we start looking more carefully at what 'weakness' is, we find 'strength' traditionally means functional ability to do stuff that had commercial and life sustaining value.
A sedentary person can appear to have healthy lean tissue volume, but that says nothing about their ability to use it.
A lighter person can appear to have too little lean tissue, but with superior intelligence and activity levels, they should be able to do most things a larger more muscular person can do, though in smaller steps.
i.e. rarely today is a person required to lift a weight greater than 50kg in any occupation. Instead they use their brains utilizing leverage and machines.
Further, the more lean tissue one carries, the bigger the workload for the kidneys and liver because these organs don't grow in proportion to lean tissue growth.
Our vital organs dictate there is some trade off between strength and longevity, that Western culture might take on board.